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Housing as a foundation for breaking the poverty cycle in Asia Pacific. Manila, 2-4 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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The Asia-Pacific Housing Forum is a biennial conference organized by Habitat for Humanity International. The forum gathers public, private and people sector stakeholders engaged in seeking solutions to poverty housing issues. The Fourth Asia Pacific Housing Forum seeks to achieve the following objectives: Raise awareness in Asia-Pacific about the benefits and outcomes of providing housing to underprivileged families (housing is not just a roof, it breaks the poverty cycle); Collaborate with other likeminded partners to advance the cause of adequate, affordable housing; Showcase creative market approaches and innovative solutions that increase products, services & financing for affordable housing; Promote policies & systems that advance access to adequate, affordable housing. Presentations are available online. Click on link for “Speakers”.
Role of e-Learning applications within the tourism and hospitality sector. Barcelona, 3-4 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This event brought together academic researchers and industry practitioners interested in the topic of eLearning use in hospitality and tourism. Presentations are available online.
Climate change, sustainability of aquatic ecosystems and food security. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 3-5 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This second International Conference on Ecosystem Conservation, Climate Change and Sustainable Development provided an opportunity to share innovative ideas on ecosystem conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation and sustainable development. Presentations and a report of recommendations are available online.
Living with environmental change. London, 8 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This event brought together leading UK researchers, practitioners and policy professionals who are working on the rapidly developing field of environmental change and health research. Research that will help the UK address the risks and opportunities to health and wellbeing from climate change, resource depletion, wide-spread pollution and changes in biodiversity. Presentations are available online.
Towards a European model of a sustainable city. Brussels, 9 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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The Reference Framework for European Sustainable Cities (RFSC) is an online toolkit designed to help cities promote and enhance their work on integrated sustainable urban development. It is available free of charge to all European local authorities and offers practical support in integrating sustainability principles into local policies and actions. The event presented the free toolkit which helps cities on their way towards integrated and sustainable urban development. Almost 200 delegates representing more than 20 European countries attended the event, contributing to the discussions on the future of the RFSC community and the role of cities in reaching the EU2020 goals. Presentations are available online together with more information on the toolkit.
Housing, homelessness, advice and prevention: joining the dots post-2012. Edinburgh, 9 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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Shelter Scotland’s second annual Homelessness Conference. Presentations are available online covering welfare reform and housing, and prevention and innovation.
Complexity, cognition, urban planning and design. Delft, Netherlands, 10-12 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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CTC (Complexity Theories of Cities) is a domain of research that studies cities from the perspective of the various theories of complexity. The aim of the 2nd Delft international conference is to create a conversation between people from several disciplines that not often talk to each other; namely, between practitioners of CTC, cognitive scientists of spatial behavior, planning and design; researchers of design thinking, urban planners and urban designers. Abstracts are available online.
Environmental and climate technologies 2013. Riga, Latvia, 14-16 October 2013
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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The Conference has been envisaged as a regular scientific forum and its main aim is to acquaint researchers with achievements in the area of energy systems and environmental engineering and to give the scientists, especially PhD students, an opportunity to publish the results of their research. Presentations are available online.
Real Estate Investment Trusts: What are the conditions?
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This article examines what it takes to be a REIT and to qualify for the tax breaks, A link is also provided to an introductory article which looked at how the underlying property rental business is taxed, and how the tax position of the fund is effectively transferred to the investors.
Roots of the British socialist movement
Posted on: 22 November 2013
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This pamphlet brings together the history columns published in Chartist since 2005. The intention of the column was to draw attention to the writings of earlier radicals and socialists. This was partly to inform current political activists of the history of the movement but also to provide inspiration. Each column provides a n extract the writings of the individual featured together with a short biography to set out the context in which the article or book extracted was written. This pamphlet covers the first fifty columns covering the period to 1907.
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